Crane Must Pay $3.7M In Asbestos Case: Minn. Court

Law360, New York (June 25, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Rejecting John Crane Inc.'s bid for a new trial, a Minnesota appeals court has found that the mechanical sealing company is responsible for about $3.7 million of a total $4.6 million award in a suit filed by a power company worker alleging injury from asbestos exposure.

The State of Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday found that the jury and the court properly allocated the bulk of the responsibility for the asbestos injury allegations and properly applied Minnesota’s liability statutes, under which defendants can be jointly...